Located in the atrium of the Visitor Center at Gilsland Farm, the Gilsland Farm Gallery holds between four to eight rotating exhibitions per year.
Submission Guidelines:
We look for artists who have a connection to Maine, Maine Audubon and our mission, and/or nature and conservation. We select artists based on relevance to Maine Audubon’s mission and current programming, skill, and seek a variety of styles and media.
We are happy to receive inquiries from all types of artists, however sculpture and 3D art are unlikely to be shown inside given the multi-use nature of our space. Relief sculptures that can be hung on the walls without extra reinforcement (nothing too heavy) will be considered. Temporary outdoor sculpture installation proposals are also welcome.
To be considered to show in the Gallery, please email your name, website and/or social media with images of your work to: art@maineaudubon.org.
Thank you for your interest and support!
Entanglements – Caroline Clare Davis and Vanessa Nesvig, November 2025
Animals and plants are inherently dependent on each other. Caroline Clare Davis and Vanessa Nesvig paint the interconnected relationships between birds, animals and the plants in their habitat in different ways. Through close-up observation of the natural world, these artists are inspired to capture the complexity of the ecosystems around us, aiming to inspire conservation and stewardship.
Past Exhibitions
• Sherrie York, Linocuts – July 2 – September 2025
• BirdSafe on View – March 29-June 30, 2025
• A Beloved Place: Painting the Island Woods, Work by Susan Beebe, February 5-March 9, 2025
• Taking Flight – Bird Art: November 20, 2024-January 6, 2025
• Emerson Frost: Insects & Avians, October 16-November 12, 2024
• Gilsland Farm at 50, September 13-October 14, 2024
• Joy Grannis
• Maya Kuvaya
• Kimberley Harding: Waste Not, March 5-April 30, 2024
• Jennifer Schmitt: Repurpose, Monotypes using recycled packaging material, January 29-February 29, 2024
• M.J. Benson, Experimental Monoprints, November 17, 2023 – January 29, 2024
• Spindleworks Art Studio, BEING THERE: GILSLAND, June 21-July 27, 2023
• Whitney River, April 13-June 20, 2023
• Dudley Zopp, January 26-April 2, 2023
• 12: A Small ART Show: November 16, 2022-January 4, 2023
• Fred Michel, Horticultural Art: October 4-November 15, 2022
• Brush with Nature Auction Preview – September 16-29, 2022
• Kerrin Parkinson – June 29-September 5, 2022
• Vanessa Nesvig – Restoring the Wild, May 6-June 26, 2022
• Andre Benoit – Owls, March 2-April 30, 2022
• Robin Brooks, Nature Inspired Art at Maine Audubon, January 6-February 28, 2022
• Caren-Marie Michel, Maine Paintings, November 19, 2021-January 3, 2022
• Aqueous (Maine artists, Victoria Gordon, and Jan Van Tassell and Linda Van Tassell), September 29-November 14, 2021
• Brush with Nature Art Auction paintings September 2021
• Dudley Warner, Avian Images, June 5-September 3, 2021
• Jay Stormer, February 14-March 20, 2020
• Erika Melhus, January 7-February 7, 2020
• Meredith Morehouse, November 16, 2019- January 3, 2020
• Laurie Burhoe, October 1-November 15, 2019
• Jennifer Schmitt, Mixed media printmaking, September 10-27, 2019
• Jacqueline Johnson, Maine Endangered Species Project, July 20-September 7, 2019
• Michel Droge, Gilsland Farm Native Plants Cyanotypes, June 1-July 16, 2019
• Page Eastburn O’Rourke, May 2019
• 2018 Junior Duck Stamp Art award winners, March 2019
• John Knight, Growing at your Feet, January/February 2019
• Alyssa Watters, bird acrylic paintings, December 2018/January 2019
• Father Paul Plante, bird eye pastels
• Sherrie York, bird linoleum prints
• Michael Boardman, watercolors
• Jada Fitch, Moths of Maine, watercolor
• Hemlock Hospice: David Buckley Borden and Aaron Ellison
• Cathryn Falwell, collage
• Michele Clamp, bird watercolors (January/February 2018)